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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Schuman Estates (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Schuman Estates. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Schuman Estates ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Schuman Estates has also been known as: Schuman Estates Colonia.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Schuman Estates is located in El Paso County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of El Paso County: Dona Ana (NM), Otero (NM) & Hudspeth.

Below are the counties that are near Schuman Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Schuman Estates:

  • El Paso County     (The home county of Schuman Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schuman Estates, with the one closest to Schuman Estates listed first.
    • Prado Verde
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Prado Verde is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prado Verde
    • Canutillo
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Vinton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Westway
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Westway is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westway
    • Anthony
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Smelter Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Smelter Town is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
    • Fort Bliss
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Bliss is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bliss
    • El Paso
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Belen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Belen is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
    • Homestead Meadows North
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Homestead Meadows
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Homestead Meadows is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Meadows
    • Homestead Meadows South
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Dona Ana County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Schuman Estates, with the one closest to Schuman Estates listed first.
    • La Union
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • La Union is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Union
    • Santa Teresa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Anthony
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunland Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chamberino
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Chamberino is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino
    • Berino
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lanark ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lanark is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
    • Vado
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Chaparral
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Chaparral is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaparral
    • La Mesa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Mesquite
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Afton ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Afton is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Schuman Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Schuman Estates.

Cemeteries Near Schuman Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Schuman Estates.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Schuman Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Schuman Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Schuman Estates, with the one closest to Schuman Estates listed first.

  • Canutillo Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Chamberino Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino Cemetery
    • The Chamberino Cemetery has also been known as:
    • San Luis Cemetery
  • Old Berino Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Rest Lawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Restlawn Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ft. Bliss National Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Temple Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery East
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Tortugas Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • San Albino Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Albino Cemetery
      • The San Albino Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mesilla Valley Cemetery
    • Dona Ana County Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Schuman Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Schuman Estates.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Schuman Estates, with the one closest to Schuman Estates listed first.

  • Canutillo
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Montoya
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Montoya is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montoya
  • Strauss ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Strauss is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
  • Anthony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Courchesne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Courchesne is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courchesne
  • Lanark ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lanark is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
  • El Paso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mesquite
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Alfalfa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Alfalfa is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
  • Ysleta
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ysleta is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysleta
  • Afton ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Afton is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
  • Belen
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Belen is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
  • Mesilla Park
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Mesilla
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mesilla is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesilla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,844 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesilla <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Schuman Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Schuman Estates.

Newspapers Published in Schuman Estates ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Schuman Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Schuman Estates, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Schuman Estates.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Schuman Estates:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Schuman Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Schuman Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.